Canada’s ‘toxic secret’ soon to be made public
Environmental groups have long called the tailings lakes in the Alberta oilsands Canada’s toxic secret, but companies operating there will soon be required to disclose exactly what pollutants are there. In April, a Federal Court ordered Ottawa to make the mining industry release a complete inventory of what material they release into the environment. Now [...]
Deadly conflict over mining laws in Peru
Marijke Deleu and Thomas Quirynen from LMN member group CATAPA were caught up in the brutal police response to recent Indigenous protests over laws opening the Peruvian Amazon region to mining, oil and timber development. Survival International has published their report, ‘Death at Devil’s Bend: an eyewitness account’, which provides a dramatic narrative of the [...]
Peru: Mining company faces torture allegations
As alleged victims of torture in Peru bring an injunction against British mining company Monterrico Metals, NGOs are calling for foreign victims of UK corporate abuses to have better access to justice in English courts. In written evidence to the ongoing inquiry on business and human rights by the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights, [...]
ANCP issues final statement on BHP Billiton complaint
In 2007, complaints were made to the Australian and Swiss National Contact Points (NCP) of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about mining companies BHP Billiton and Xstrata, listed on the London Stock Exchange but headquartered in Australia and Switzerland respectively. The complaints concerned forced removals of communities around the Cerrejon Coal mine [...]
BHP, Rio clinch $7.2b iron ore deal
Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have struck a joint-venture deal over all of their Western Australian iron ore assets after the collapse of Rio’s proposed tie-up with Chinalco overnight. Under the preliminary agreement, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton will each have a 50 per cent stake in the valuable WA operations. BHP will [...]
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